This and that

• The Enquirer's Bill Koch reports that UC head football coach Brian Kelly is leaning toward moving his players from the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach to another hotel on the night before the Orange Bowl because Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is scheduled to have a New Year's Eve party at the Fontainebleau on Wednesday night. Probably a good move.

• NFL.com's Adam Schefter reports that the Lions are talking to former Bengals and current Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier about their head coaching vacancy.

• A day after my rant about growing tired of the 'Bowden, Nats like Dunn' headlines, the Dodgers have come to the rescue. ESPN.com's Jayson Stark says L.A. has contacted Dunn's agent.

• Sorry, again, Kentucky fans: Jai Lucas, who you may recall chose Florida over Kentucky coming out of high school (even though he and Patrick Patterson were tight and the Wildcats thought they might be getting him) and was thought to be considering UK again when he announced he was leaving Florida because he wants to play point guard instead of shooting guard ... is going to Texas.

• Rough month for OSU Buckeye hoops: They lose starting forward David Lighty to a broken foot, get pummeled by Huggins and the Mountaineers over the weekend and now find out their backup point guard is transferring.

• Speaking of the Buckeyes: There were the Jordan Rules, and now according to The Oregonian's John Canzano, there are the Oden Rules for former Ohio State standout Greg Oden. Canzano apparently feels pretty strongly that Oden shouldn't be starting for the Blazers yet.

• Non-local link of interest: Instant replay costs RB Ryan Grant $1.35 million. Can't make this stuff up. I wonder if Ryan Grant said something other than "that's the way the ball bounces" when he first found out he was out $1.35 million.

• Bonus non-local link: Deadspin's Dashiell Bennett's take about family shots is right on the money, and if you stayed up to watch the end of Mizzou-Northwestern last night, I think you'll probably agree.